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Great Spirit
noun
- the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
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The only religion not foreign involves rain dances and praying to the Great Spirit.
With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion.
They have a general belief in Manitous, or spiritual beings, one of them being spoken of as the Great Spirit.
Sometimes he found the Indians sitting around the fire, telling stories and talking of the Great Spirit.
The Great Spirit did not give men strength, that they should fight and kill one another.
The Great Spirit did not make men powerful, that they should strike down and kill the weaker animals.
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